Super-heroes: great for saving the day, right? But, man, they sure can break a few proverbial eggs along the way in making that omelette! While reading all about their fantastic exploits is certainly entertaining in the real world, just imagine how terrifying it must be being an average citizen of the Marvel Universe. Well, ten years ago, the “House of Ideas” put it to the test with a topically-polarizing event series that still reverberates to this day.
*Warning: Image may not reflect actual sides…* (Civil War #1 variant cover, published May, 2006. Art by Michael Turner)
But this isn’t a coincidental anniversary commemoration- no sir, what’s old is indeed new again as this material is hardcore back in the 2016 zeitgeist! Not only does it serve as a major source for the third Captain America film (Captain America: Civil War, obvs…), Marvel Comics is also poising to re-divide its expansive hero stable on all-new, all-different ethical grounds in the summer-long Civil War II; allegedly billing as a sequel “in name only” because, hey, branding…
Before any of the forward-motion blockbuster-y spectacle goes down, though, let’s walk it back through the deep, dark jungles of continuity past to see where stuff comes from… [MORE→]
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